Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts:

AppStories

This week, John and Federico spin a Saturday morning of iPhone app cleanup into a full blown digital declutter across all devices with the help of some of their favorite apps.

Then on AppStories+, Federico has more to share from his ongoing Typing Mind experiments, and John explains how he’s using Claude Code to crunch spreadsheets with one million rows.

NPC: Next Portable Console

This week on NPC, Brendon, Federico, and John explore where mobile phone gaming is heading and reflect on what Nintendo’s latest earnings report means for the Switch 2, before Brendon shares his first impressions of the Miyoo Mini Flip

On NPC XL, Federico, John, and Brendon explore what’s behind the sudden surge of innovation in mobile phone controllers and where mobile gaming may be heading.

AppStories, Episode 460, ‘The Great Digital Declutter’ Show Notes

Digital Decluttering

• Backups
  • Backblaze
  • Arq
  • Carbon Copy Cloner
  • Samsung T9 SSD
• Finder Alternatives
  • Bloom
  • Forklift
• Hazel’s App Sweep feature
• File Management Apps
  • CleanMyPhone
  • CleanMyMac
  • Shutter Declutter
  • Daisy Disk
• Fluent – similar to Sky
  • Federico’s Sky Preview

AppStories+ Post-Show

• Typing Mind
• Kimi K2
• MiniMax M2
• Exa Search
• Cloudflare workers

Subscribe to AppStories+

Visit AppStories.net to learn more about the extended, high bitrate audio version of AppStories that is delivered early each week and subscribe.

NPC, Episode 56, ‘Can RedMagic Shake Up Mobile Gaming with a Liquid-Cooled Phone?’ Show Notes

The Latest Portable Gaming News

• OneXFly Apex and AYANEO Pocket Vert Follow-Up
  • OneXFly Apex Strix Halo handheld gaming PC to sell for $1399 and up during crowdfunding
  • AYANEO Releases Details on the Pocket VERT
• Redmagic’s Liquid-Cooled Phone
  • Redmagic’s liquid-cooled gaming phone starts at $749
• Nintendo is Killing It
  • Nintendo is raising its Switch 2 sales expectations
  • Nintendo is getting the Switch ready for retirement
• In Other News
  • Valve will finally turn off the Steam Deck’s screen while it’s downloading games
  • Samsung has a new line of microSD Express cards for the Switch 2
• Miyoo Mini Flip
  • The Miyoo Mini Flip might be what everyone has been asking for all along
  • Miyoo Mini Flip Review: STILL GOT IT

Subscribe to NPC XL

NPC XL is a weekly members-only version of NPC with extra content, available exclusively through our new Patreon for $5/month.

Each week on NPC XL, Federico, Brendon, and John record a special segment or deep dive about a particular topic that is released alongside the “regular” NPC episodes.

You can subscribe here.

MacStories launched its first podcast in 2017 with AppStories. Since then, the lineup has expanded to include a family of weekly shows that also includes MacStories Unwind, Magic Rays of Light, Comfort Zone, NPC: Next Portable Console, and First, Last, Everything that collectively, cover a broad range of the modern media world from Apple’s streaming service and videogame hardware to apps for a growing audience that appreciates our thoughtful, in-depth approach to media.

If you’re interested in advertising on our shows, you can learn more here or by contacting our Managing Editor, John Voorhees.